Statistically, home-schooled children are more successful in the workplace than otherwise. I was surprised when I learned this because I was brought up with the idea that home-schooling was the preserve of cults. But I recently discovered that two of the brightest and most well-adjusted colleagues I work with are the product of home-schooling and I am also friends with someone who homeschools and her children seem to have done nothing but benefit from it. They're certainly well-taught.
Most people, especially opponents of home schooling, will use the extreme examples of adults using it as a way to keep abused children from being seen/detected in public or as a way to indoctrinate them with values perceived as unacceptable. Like anything else, There will always be detractors that want to discredit what they dislike with fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
I would love to get together with other parents and run a small informal "school" made up of the parents and relatives - there's certainly enough educational expertise to do so. A small group of 8-12 kids being informally taught together could work very well in a way something like: "hey, will you take Paul, Susie and Mike next week and run them through your history lessons? I'll do Maths with the rest. And lets have Peter in with mine for a few of those days even though he did it before, because he didn't quite get it last time."
That's the thing, those serious about homeschooling often realize that it can't be a solo effort for many logistical reasons. As a result, it's not uncommon for like-minded families to work together to see who can teach what or who knows someone that's willing to teach specialty subjects. In some areas, there are people with teaching certificates who prefer not to teach in public schools or might be unable to teach full time and instead offer their skill and knowledge to homeschool groups because it's easier to teach part-time with students that actually want to learn in a smaller setting where it's easier to give students the individualized attention they need.
I was home schooled as well. I've nothing against it at all, but the people running things certainly do, hence the propaganda against it.
Sadly, public school students are seen as little more as dollar signs and cogs in a larger machine. As a result, teachers unions look negatively on all alternatives -- private schools, parochial schools, charter schools, and home schooling -- that deprive their employers of tax dollars. The fact that a recent SCOTUS decision has been seen by some as a potential statement against state-level Blaine Amendments which ban any sort of state funding to private schools has left the teachers unions bouncing and squeaking even though there's no guarantee such an overturn will happen any time soon.
However, if Teacher's Unions' demands were met, they'd be back in schools in 2 seconds flat. Install the agenda, they'd forget about the coof before you could say forced transgenderism.
In some places, though, teachers are reluctant to go back to the classroom and have asked their unions to either authorize "safety strikes" (Detroit) or reopen contracts and negotiate hazard pay (optimistic at best with less state money available due to COVID-19 shutdowns) or flexible working conditions that would allow any teacher to teach remotely or have an alternate job outside the classroom.
The latter point, I can understand for teachers in a vulnerable group that's more susceptible to COVID-19. However, it's concerning that teachers want to make online learning more of an option when the online learning that unexpectedly took place this spring was less than optimal and parents in certain areas (impoverished inner cities and the most rural areas of BFE) lack the requisite internet access and had to resort to alternatives such as old-school printed lesson plans and worksheets. I can't help wondering if the best alternative would be to survey teachers, see who is willing to teach in classrooms, and plan accordingly. Of course, any plan that makes sense won't be implemented.
I agree 100%. I just find the vocabulary of some of these commentators hilarious
That's been another big aspect of these protests. The wordsmithing in terms of what black lives specifically matter and what defines peaceful protesting has been something, wow . 'Farmers can post about it and enjoy the hilarity of it all, but it's also scary at the same time what these protestors will do and how they will twist words to make it look like their violent protests are totally peaceful and acceptable while arguing that anyone refusing to join in or support the cause are problematic people that deserve to be cancelled.